The 1921 Newfoundland Census says Kitty was born at Caplin Bay in May 1859, however her death certificate says she was born in Ferryland and that she was 82 when she died in 1934. If correct, this would indicate her birth was about 1852. It is not known which age is correct, and it seems unlikely she was born at Ferryland.

According to local oral tradition, Kitty Wade was the last person to move from Stone Island to the main settlement of Caplin Bay. She lived alone at Stone Island in the old family home for a number of years after her sister, Mary, died. After Kitty moved from Stone Island, she lived on land at the foot of Galavan's Hill, just east of where the second generation of Sullivans had settled after they moved from Stone Island. Her old property, on the west side of Stone Island River eventually became the property of Martin Sullivan.